[werk_ag]

Hi Zac,

Is good to see that things are moving on.

... I did read that the receiver won't initialise properly without the wind and rain instruments connected so assuming that is the issue? I do get temperature and the air quality information to display on the receiver display and web page. 

During the test phase, the wind and rain instruments don't need to be physically connected to the TX board, for the receiver to conclude the initialisation, ist enough enabling the sending of ID0, ID2 and ID3 data on the TX software. Later, when everything has tested and installed, and before to start recording data, just perform a "factory reset" on the receiver.

... I can't get any information in CumulsMX, everything just reads zero...

Code:

Don't know if it is the case, but if the receiver is running in test mode, no data will be passed to Cumulus.
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Test Mode : Never run a live system in test mode
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bool Test_Mode = false; // false= Normal working mode, true= Test mode only (no usb connection)

 

My wind sensor is a Davis 7911, found this post :

https://www.meteocercal.info/forum/Threa...vis+pinout

Has anything changed? Seems like this is all the information Ill need.

The pinout on the 4Pro TX board is different than RG12 connector on the Pro2 TX board, however on the 4Pro TX connections are well labelled on the board.
So it should be:
Black --> Speed
Green --> Dir
Red --> GND
Yellow --> 5V


Thank you for the pictures and update of the progress.
Kind regards
Werk_AG

[hornychz]

Here is a quick shot of the box I'm going to use, it's probably a lot bigger than it needs to be but was very affordable as I bought 3 of them for $20 at an auction, there were a few holes that I covered with some aluminum:
....
Has anything changed? Seems like this is all the information Ill need.

Hi Zac,

Be very careful when using a metal box, it can very strongly shield the RF signal.

I also sometimes use metal cabinets, but then I have to get the antennas out of the cabinet with a pigtail. The whole set must then be well thought out so that the unadapted RF parts do not lose unnecessarily much power, which is always lacking.

Good luck and lots of fun!

[Nmweather]

Another picture of my enclosure after sealing the holes and a coat of paint, I installed a bulkhead fitting for an external antenna as I did assume that the metal  would limit the transmission range. My house is made of adobe (mud bricks) and attenuates radio signals significantly - if you want to make a phone call you'll sometimes need to go outside! So we'll see how it works once mounted,  the plastic box attached to the right is where the AQM will go as I could not add an external wifi antenna for the esp32 - hopefully it will reach the router but if not I may set up a wifi access point on the outside of the house.

   

I noticed that the connector on the cable from the Davis junction box is an rj45 so I was able to make a cable to test out the wind and rain instruments, delighted to discover everything works and data is finding its way to CumulusMX. 

   

My plan is to go with the TCP/IP connection to Cumulus so I will set that up next. I still have to put my power supply on a board and mount the Tx and battery in the enclosure, then run connections to the instruments/mains power, and make a radiation shield for the temp/humidity sensor.

Thanks very much for the information and encouragement! I'm excited to get my station online.

[hornychz]

[werk_ag]

...
I noticed that the connector on the cable from the Davis junction box is an rj45 so I was able to make a cable to test out the wind and rain instruments, delighted to discover everything works and data is finding its way to CumulusMX. 
...

Thanks very much for the information and encouragement! I'm excited to get my station online.

Seems that will happen soon.

If you connect the +Bat pin to the positive pin of the battery, you will be able to remotely monitor the battery voltage.

[Nmweather]

I need to order R1 as I missed it on my initial purchase but I'm planning on enabling the battery monitor for sure. One quick question I couldn't find the answer to: what is the power connector on the AQM and receiver? It's a JST by the looks but the one plug I bought is too small,

Thanks!

[werk_ag]

Hi,

Indeed its a JST xh2.54mm 2pin.

   

Rgs.

[Nmweather]

Well I got everything working and built a radiation shield with some plastic plates from Target, one issue is that the wall I mounted the temp sensor to receives a bunch of sun first thing in the morning and skews the readings so I'm going to move the sensor 30 feet or so away and mount it to a fence post that is not near anything that will heat up with the sun. Need to order parts for the i2c extender board yet.

   

A dramatic increase in temp as the sun rises:

   

Here is a picture of the radiation shield before paint:

   

I used 3/4" tall nylon spacers and stainless hardware, the project took longer than I wanted but parts were still quite affordable.

My current issue is the weather underground is not updating, I added credentials (station ID and Key) and changed the config file to enable uploads to the WU. Cumulus is receiving and logging data so I'm pretty sure it's not a network / connectivity issue. I updated the receiver to v6.1_b001 firmware, is there anything else obvious I should check? Did a bit of searching on the forum and didn't see anyone having issues after verifying credentials and enabling it in the config. 

Thanks in advance!

[werk_ag]

Hello Nmweather,

I'm pleased to know that your Weather Station is already assembled and installed.
The Radiation Shield seems very well made, probably, as you said, the dramatic increase in temp as the sun rises is due to the effect of the near wall. A place where it could be exposed to wind should be better.
Regarding the data upload to WU, indeed besides enabling the WU upload you only need the set the StadionID and Key on the credentials file. Can you please double check if the data is correct?

   

If credentials are correct and you still don't see any data on your WU webpages, please try enable (by "uncommenting") the two Debug Options below, recompile the code and upload.

- #define PRINT_DEBUG_WIFI
- #define PRINT_DEBUG_WU_UPLOAD

On Arduino IDE, open the Serial Monitor (at 19200 or 115200 baud's, depending on selected USB or TCT/IP connection respectively), wait until the next attempt to upload data to WU will happen, and watch what you get on the serial monitor. This should provide us some info to understand why the data isn't being sent to WU.

Thank you very much for sharing pictures of your installation.

Rgs.
Werk_AG

[Nmweather]

Somehow I missed the latest firmware upgrade to v6.2_b002 so I loaded that after editing the new config and credential files (instead of copying the old ones - probably my original issue..) and now it is working! I'll put the WU link in my signature.

Thanks for the help Werk_AG!